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This is the vocab project for Mrs. Murray's per. 6 class: By Eric Nguyen

 * 1) __Apparition__- a supernatural appearance of a person or thing. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apparition; The apparition floated at the doorway, with its red eyes.
 * 2) __Anemic__- lacking vigor or energy. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anemic; The anemic people in the audience made the rock show very boring.
 * 3) __Caterwauling__- to utter a similar sound; howl or screech. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caterwauling; When we got close enough to the bat's den, they started caterwauling.
 * 4) __Chiffon__- any women's dress ornament, as ribbon or lace. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chiffon; The chiffon got ruined when juice was spilled onto the dress.
 * 5) __Convivial__- friendly; agreeable. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/convivial; The convivial student held his hand out to the girl who had fallen.
 * 6) __Effeminate__-(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/effeminate; The effeminate man slapped the other man in the argument.
 * 7) __Elation__- feelings or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elation; The team had great elation after winning the championship game.
 * 8) __Epigram__- any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigram; He shut down my argument with his epigram.
 * 9) __Extemporizing__- to sing, or play on an instrument, composing the music as one proceeds; improvise. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extemporizing; His extemporizing distracted the crowd long enough for the other band members to tune.
 * 10) __Hauteur__- haughty manner or spirit; arrogance. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hauteur; The hauteur of the donkey refusing to move, started to annoy me
 * 11) __Infinitesimal__- indefinitely or exceedingly small. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/infinitesimal; Compared to the universe, the planet Earth is infinitesimal.
 * 12) __Jaunty__- easy and sprightly in manner or bearing. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jaunty; His jaunty step in the park made people wonder what he was so happy about.
 * 13) __Levity__- lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/levity; The levity character in the book always lightened the mood when bad things happened.
 * 14) __Obstetrical__- of or pertaining to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/obstetrical; the obstetrical care that she had received made it seem like she was a queen, good thing it only lasted about a year.
 * 15) __Parcelled__- to make into a parcel or wrap as a parcel. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/parcelled; The worker carefully parcelled the vase for the UPS man to deliver.
 * 16) __Preemptory__- to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/preemptory; The preemptory capture of Poland, aided Hitler in his conquest in WW2.
 * 17) __Privy__- private; assigned to private uses. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/privy; The agent mysteriously disappeared after a privy call.
 * 18) __Rivulets__- A small brook or stream; a streamlet. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rivulets; The man took a grateful drink from the rivulets after two days of walking.
 * 19) __Spectroscopic__- an optical device for producing and observing a spectrum of light or radiation from any source, consisting essentially of a slit through which the radiation passes, a collimating lens, and an Amici prism. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spectroscopic; The scientist used the spectroscopic device to learn more about the sun's rays.
 * 20) __Subterfuge__- an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc. []; His subterfuge helped him escape the law, for now.
 * 21) __Supercilious__- haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. []; Mom's face looked supercilious after i had told her it was me who stole the cookie out of the cookie jar, and not my sister
 * 22) __Tumultuous__- full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar: []; The tumultuous crowd had brought down the streetlight in anticipation for the concert.
 * 23) __Benediction__- an utterance of good wishes. []; The man wanted his mother's benediction before he married the girl.
 * 24) __Cornices__- A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall. []; The thing that the man noticed the most about the house, was the beautifully crafted cornices, lining the ceiling.
 * 25) __Corroborate__- to make more certain; confirm: []; The thieves corroborated the house that they were going to hit, with their intel.
 * 26) __Demoniac__- of, pertaining to, or like a demon []; The demoniac likeness of the statue made the children get frightened.
 * 27) __Elicited__- To bring or draw out []; Her elicited skill of pottery suprised the instructor, for it was only her first time,
 * 28) __Exultation__- the act of exulting; lively or triumphant joy, as over success or victory []; The school held a big exultation at a hotel for the graduating class.
 * 29) __Incredulous__- not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. []; After putting "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" onto his toast, his breakfast became incredulous.
 * 30) __Ineffable__- incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible. []; The ineffable feeling of winning the lottery must be a truly fascinating experience.
 * 31) __Ingratiate__- to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, esp. by deliberate effort. []; Gatsby took a lot of time to ingratiate himself, to make himself look good for Daisy.
 * 32) __Insidious__- intended to entrap or beguile []; The insidious plot trapped our hero, will he mke it out this time?
 * 33) __Inviolate__- free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage []; The inviolate piece of land had not had human contact in two centuries.
 * 34) __Jonquils__- A widely cultivated ornamental plant //(Narcissus jonquilla)// native chiefly to southern Europe, having long narrow leaves and short-tubed yellow flowers.[]; He got me a beautiful bouquet of jonquils for our anniversary.
 * 35) __Laudable__- deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: []; His valiant effort in the competition, called for laudable applause.
 * 36) __Magnanimous__- generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness []; Thoreau's magnanimous life let him live freely, under no rule.
 * 37) __Meretricious__- alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry. []; Men easily give in to meretricious traps.
 * 38) __Pompadour__- an arrangement of a man's hair in which it is brushed up high from the forehead. []; The pompadour on this man made me retch whenever i looked at him.
 * 39) __Portentous__- of the nature of a portent; momentous []; The portentous point in time where man made the wheel, crafted our ergonomic building existance.
 * 40) __Somnambulatory__- sleepwalking []; He was so tired, his walking was somnambulatory.
 * 41) __Truculent__- fierce; cruel; savagely brutal. []; Dictators ruled with a truculent fist over their country.
 * 42) __Turgid__- swollen; distended; tumid. []; He had a turgid thumb after he slammed it with a hammer while working on the roof.
 * 43) __Adventitious__- associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic. []; The adventitious timing of the sidekick saved the hero narrowly from his demise.
 * 44) __Dilatory__- tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. []; Dilatory movements can often make you late for a lot of things.
 * 45) __Garrulous__- excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters. []; Gatsby's garrulous talking about Daisy annoyed me while reading the novel, __The Great Gatsby__.
 * 46) __Gaudiness__- brilliantly or excessively showy []; Her gaudy appearance made me think that she was trying to show off how rich she was in a materialistic manner.
 * 47) __Harrowed__- To break up and level (soil or land) with a harrow []; I looked at the newly harrowed land after the crops have been dug up from the year before.
 * 48) __Inquest__- a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, esp. an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death []; After Myrtle died, Michaelis, the detective set up an Inquest, and started to talk to George Wilson.
 * 49) __Irreverent__- not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect []; Most of the talking that the delinquent did was irreverent.
 * 50) __Precipitately__- to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly []; The child was impatient, so he precipitately put the chicken into the microwave.
 * 51) __Stagnant__- not flowing or running, as water, air, etc []; After the beavers had built the dam, the stream had become stagnant.
 * 52) __Vicariously__- performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another []; Gatsby had vicariously put his life on the line for Daisy.